For many people, Election Day may consist of waiting in line to vote and then checking to see who won. But in a newsroom, Election Day means dozens of journalists spend nearly 24 hours covering voting issues, voter turnout, candidates’ campaigns, election parties and race results, and then trying to figure out what it all means.

Election Day is always one of the busiest and most exhilarating times to be in a newsroom. For the midterms, we wanted to bring you inside our office and alongside reporters to make you part of our reporting process.

What’s it like to talk to a candidate on the last day of their long campaign? Or to call the Maricopa County Recorder himself to ask why people are having trouble voting? How do reporters, well, report?

You can be a fly on the wall for all of it by listening to the Election Day episode of our politics podcast, “The Gaggle.” Listen by clicking the play button above or searching for “The Gaggle: Journalists Talk Arizona Politics” on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Stitcher or your podcast-listening platform of choice.

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